2024 is poised to be a breakout year for a space startup that's been working on a plethora of projects.

I think going to the moon and touching down softly and completing that mission 100%.

That's going to sweep the entire world

into what we're doing.

It's going to bring the world to Fireflies doorstep

and we're mindful of that.

So it is, there's a quickening pace to the heart and we're feeling it.

Firefly aerospace has a small rocket called Alpha that's expected to launch as many as four times this year.

On board, one of those missions will be a new vehicle as well.

Fireflies Eletra, an orbiting space tug that will provide in-space transportation

and servicing

the quote unquote star of the show though according to CEO Bill Weber

will be Blue Ghost the company's lunar lander which is

contracted with NASA to carry cargo to the surface of the moon just as 2024 comes to a close.

As if it wasn't enough, Firefly aerospace is also developing a medium lift rocket with

Northrop Grumman, the first article of which is expected to be delivered in early 2025.

It's a major turnaround for a company that just two years ago, prior to Weber's arrival and

an ownership stake taken by private equity firm

A.E. industrial partners was navigating leadership

upheaval and an uncertain future.

There's a lot of companies that had great technology and as I said,

they lost runway. They just they weren't

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